Stabilization of the electroweak vacuum by a scalar threshold effect

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Elias Miró, Joan ^a   Espinosa, José R ^a,b   Giudice, Gian F ^c   Lee, Hyun Min ^c   Strumia, Alessandro ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND BIOPHYSICS   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; Standard model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864340533     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2012)031     Document Type: Article

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